TY - BOOK AU - British Museum AU - Kohne,Eckart AU - Ewigleben,Cornelia AU - Jackson,Ralph TI - Gladiators and caesars: the power of spectacle in ancient Rome AV - GV31.B862.G533 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Games KW - Rome KW - Gladiators N1 - "Published to accompany an exhibition held at the British Museum from 21 October 2000 to 23 January 2001. The exhibition is based on a concept designed by the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, and shown at Hamburg from 11 February to 18 June 2000 and at the Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, from 9 July to 1 October 2000"--T.p. verso; Translation and adaptation of: Caesaren und Gladiatoren. 2000; 1 (pages 147-148) and index; Bread and circuses: the politics of entertainment; Eckart Kohne --; Familia gladiatoria: the heroes of the amphitheatre; Marcus Junkelmann --; Greek athletics in Rome: boxing, wrestling, and the pancration; Marcus Junkelmannn --; On the starting line with Ben Hur: chariot-racing in the circus maximus; Marcus Junkelmann -- 'Give us your applause': the world of theatre; Wilfried Stroh -- 'What these women love is the sword': the performers and their audiences; Cornelia Ewigleben --; Money and circuses: competitive sport as part of the entertainment industry; Volker Albers; 2 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/00059004.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/00059004.html ER -